Head of legal

Reda Kamel Ali

Current location: Dubai –United Arab Emirates

Cellphone : 009*********** – 002***********

Date of Birth : November 25, 1967

Marital Status : Married

Email : **********@*****.*** & *****************@*****.***

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PROFILE

•Provide legal advice handling various legal matters in areas relating to corporate, commercial, labor, real estate, construction, criminal, civil, family, medical, IP….etc.,

•Hands-on legal support to the organization

•Provide legal advice to ensure corporate compliance

•Look after all third-party relationships and review vendor agreements

•Provide advice and draft all contracts in both English and Arabic

•Provide a legal regulatory framework

•Update all standard documents and terms of business

•Train and develop junior lawyers

• Planning the strategies

• Drafting memorandums

• Providing legal advice including legal liabilities and risk management.

• Drafted and Reviewing contracts.

• Strong negotiation skills.

• Keep the firm up to date in relation to the laws, contracts renewal, liaised with external lawyers and followed up with the legal cases, reviews and replied legal matters, participated in negotiations in coordination with departments, and external and internal lawyers.

• Lead the team to handle and respond to matters relating to legal liability, debt recovery cases followed up and updated management regarding the same and other legal and statutory issues.

• Highly organized candidate with extensive experience in office administration, good reputation for maintaining and processing client records, files and legal documents in a highly organized, efficient, and precise manner

• Proven ability to thrive in a fast paced environment through advanced multi-tasking.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Job Responsibilities:

Provide legal advice handling various legal matters and the court cases in areas relating to corporate, commercial, labor, real estate, construction, criminal, civil, family, medical, IP ... .etc.,

•Particularly handling disputes, negotiation, preparation,

•Have knowledge of, and experience with, laws dealing with, government and/or non-government entity particularly.

•Ability to provide independent advice (orally and in writing) to top-level management on highly technical matters;

Review and draft all contracts including but not limited to; SPA, DMA, Leasehold Agreement, NDA, MOU, MOA, JV, PM, FM Facility management, Employment, Lease, Assignment, Novation, Marketing, distribution, industry Agency, etc.

AND

1. Developing and leading corporate legal strategy to promote and protect the company's matters;

2. Ensure the legality of commercial transactions, advising the higher management on their legal rights and duties, including the duties and responsibilities of corporate officers

3. Review, draft and negotiate the agreements, consulting, agreements, terms, and amendments in English, and Arabic;

4. Draft, amend, manage, respond to, or analyses the MOAs of the Group and its amendments as needed;

5. Developing and leading corporate compliance programs;

6. Drive legal matters, court cases, and contract lifecycle from drafting through completion of the negotiation process, and/or execution.

7. Manage contract change control process and related correspondence requiring legal input;

8. Overseeing delivery of legal services and resources to accomplish corporate goals, strategies and priorities;

9. Maintain a deep understanding of the Group contract templates, contracts policy, legal risk and liability, and company position on various matters;

10. Liaise with relevant departments to ensure that where legal risks have been identified, appropriate courses of action have been taken;

11. Prepare contracts for internal review and approval and ensure compliance with company policies as well as applicable laws or regulations;

12. Interpret contracts and advises sales/ rent/ construction / consulting managers on contractual responsibilities;

13. Translate complex commercial/legal scenarios into simple language and action plans;

14. At settlement, engage in negotiations with opposing parties; participate in mediations and settlement conferences with the parties; and create settlement brochures, agreements, releases, and other settlement materials.

•Litigation and Arbitration

• Handle, prepare and manage legal proceeding(s): Arbitration, lawsuit, disputes, cases, legal contest, action, cause, judicial, hearing, inquiry, tribunal, litigation, legal process, prosecution, bringing of charges, indictment, trial,

• Follow up and controls legal cases commercial, labor, real estate, construction, criminal, civil, etc.,

• Drafts petitions, litigation memos and legal notices and letters.

• Handling much of the paperwork in probates of estates, actions, bankruptcies, investigations, analyzing legal cases, preparing and answering interrogatories, procedural motions

• - Provides legal advice about all existing and potential liabilities related to contracts and Court cases/disputes and drafts litigation memos and legal notices.

• - Provides legal advice to all existing and potential liabilities related to Court cases/disputes.

• Review, draft and amend settlement agreements related to Disputes and agreements/contracts.

• - Analyze the risks and liabilities of Court cases & disputes and maintaining reference files, conducting research, collecting, and analyzing evidence for the hearings.

Contracts drafting & review

• - Drafting, Review and amend all contracts including but not limited to; SPA, DMA, Leasehold Agreement, NDA, MOU, MOA, JV, PM, FM Facility management, Employment, Lease, Assignment, Novation, Marketing, distribution, industry, Agency, settlement agreements etc.

- Provides legal advice to existing and potential liabilities related to contracts and disputes

Managing internal and external law firms

• - Manage and coordinate between internal, external, local and international law firms, looking for the appropriate level of expertise and best cost/quality of service ratio for each file, documents or law firms)

Translation

• - Translate all contracts, memorandums, documents, letters and legal notices.

Policies and procedures and standardized documentation

• - Develop legal policies, plans, and procedures such as model contracts and other standardized documentation and ensures their proper implementation/application

CAREER HISTORY

April 2017 until present time

-Head of legal (ALGHAITH group) :

- ALGHAITH building construction LLC- Consolidated Urban Real Estate LLC – Al Amal Diamonds – Pacific Diamonds & Gold – Emirates Future – Amal investments in Sudan.

2005-2017

Head of legal– Ragab EL LOL & Rashdan law firm

and Elkarnk for tourism and investment group real estate, construction, investment.

2000 - 2005

Head of legal for Alkan group companies (MAHAMD NOUSER GROUP) Alkan group companies – EIM - Click GSM (Vodafone Egypt) - Alkan Air, Pharma - EL GIZA systems – Renault Egypt – KIA _ KOMATSU – DAEWOO JOHNSON

Egyptian Kuwait for housing development and real Estate.., ….ect.,

1998 - 2000

Lawyer - RAS – UAE (ALAHD Law Firm)

1992 - 1998

Lawyer for: Abdel Fattah Abdel BaKi and Mohammad Yusuf Law firm.

Qualifications

Bachelor degree of Law, May 1992, faculty of Law - Cairo University

• 26 years of experience in the same field

• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the real estate/construction field/investment

• Good planning and organization skills;

• Speak, read, and write fluently in English & Arabic

LANGUAGE

Mother tongue: Arabic

English : Excellent

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